Re: [PATCH 2/4] pmap: remove smaps files

[Nix <nix@esperi.org.uk>]

On 22 Jan 2006, Albert D. Cahalan moaned:
> This patch removes the /proc/*/smaps files, which are obsolete
> and very awkward to parse. It's best to do this now, so that apps
> don't come to depend on the files. (not that app developers are
> likely to use the files at all, given the awful format)

Seconded. The *contents* are useful; the layout is not.

(I wrote a parser for smaps, it was horrible, moving to pmap
looks like it will be a joy)

> diff -Naurd 1/Documentation/filesystems/proc/pmap 2/Documentation/filesystems/proc/pmap
> --- 1/Documentation/filesystems/proc/pmap	2006-01-22 03:42:59.000000000 -0500
> +++ 2/Documentation/filesystems/proc/pmap	2006-01-22 03:24:43.000000000 -0500

Is this hunk really meant to be here? It doesn't look related to smaps
removal...

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